Re: Die, Artlanger Scum

> On Tue, 29 Apr 2003 18:41:44 -0400 Jake X <starvingpoet@...>
> writes:
>> It has become a translation excercize.  Nothing escapes the fate.
>>
>> Die, artlanger scum!
I guess I have to start by making a word for artlanger.

yaster "to create/design" certainly carries with it an air of artistry,
so ninda yaster "to create language(s)" will do fine for a start.

that makes a total of three roots, nin "communication", ya "air" and
ast "essence", plus the remnants of a fourth, which makes me unwilling
to make a shortened compound. instead, I think I will use the
associative:

ninda so yasterna "creator of language(s)"

nind        -a   so     yast      -erna
N.language  IND  ASSOC  V.create  NOM.AGT

according to the dictionary, the relevant meanings of scum are 1. a
layer of dirt or impurities, 2. a worthless person. so maybe móre
"impure, dirty" will do for now. at last we arrive at a working
sentence:

dóno e mórele ninda so yasterna!

dón    -o   e  mór       -ele  ...
V.die  IMP  ,  A.impure  SUP   ...

"die, [you] most impure creator of languages!"

wee, I just made my first insult! and took part in my first translation
exercise! though the result unfortunately lacks the crudeness of the
original. explicit insults are not my cup of tea.

Note: the pagans among us will no doubt guess why 'artistic creation'
is derived as 'essence of air'.

---
Camilla
"ana de esse limine ninda yastiar"

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